Level 2 Carpentry Apprentice
SPACE AND PEOPLE PLC
Daventry (NN11 4RU)
Closes in 27 days (Friday 29 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 31 July 2025
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Summary
Build your carpentry career with a practical role perfect for an apprentice looking to grow their skills and experience. You will support the in-house carpenter on creative kiosk builds that blend traditional woodworking with set design, electrics, AV and vinyl wrapping, offering a unique chance to expand your skill set beyond standard joinery.
- Wage
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£19,500 a year
- Training course
- Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
- Hours
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Primary Monday – Friday 08:30 – 16:30 or 9:00 – 17:00.
Occasional weekend working.
You must be 18+ to apply for this position.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years 3 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
This is an exciting opportunity to develop practical experience, boost your portfolio, and work on real-world projects in a supportive, fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities:
● Assist the in-house carpenter in building mid-mall kiosks using various materials (e.g., hardwoods, MDF, laminates) and woodworking
● Use techniques such as joinery, laminating, routing, and finishing.
● Work on kiosk builds inspired by set design, blending creativity with practical construction.
● Help create custom kiosks using flexible building methods—often interpreting loose design briefs or adapting concepts on the fly.
● Support a qualified electrician with wiring kiosks, including power, LED lighting, and safe electrical installation.
● Maintain and repair existing kiosks, often fabricating replacement parts and applying creative problem-solving.
● Contribute to kiosk modifications and client-specific customisation using both traditional and modern fabrication methods.
● Learn and apply vinyl wrapping techniques, including handling various vinyl types and understanding the print process.
● Assist in installing AV equipment and screens within kiosks, learning basic wiring, setup, and integration.
● Join live kiosk installations, helping with on-site assembly, troubleshooting, and interacting with clients and shopping centre teams.
● Gain PAT Testing training and practical experience with testing electrical devices safely.
Desired Skills & Attributes:
● Direct, creative approach with an interest in carpentry, set design, or scenic construction
● Comfortable working from both technical plans and creative direction
● Strong teamwork, problem-solving, and a willingness to learn
Where you'll work
Unit 2
Signal Park
Daventry
NN11 4RU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
WARWICKSHIRE COLLEGE
Training course
Carpentry and joinery (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Identify and use safety control equipment, for example, RPE, dust suppression, PPE and LEV.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Comply with industry regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Prepare and maintain a safe working area.
- Interpret and use information from drawings and specifications.
- Estimate required materials and produce a cutting list.
- Verbally communicate with others, applying construction terminology.
- Select, use and store hand tools.
- Select, use and store power tools.
- Maintain and sharpen hand tools.
- Produce jigs.
- Identifies well-being support available to self and others.
- Site carpenter: Apply first fix techniques and practices for: 1. structural carcassing (load bearing studwork), 2. straight timber or metal partition walls, 3. floor joists 4. floor joist coverings and 5. straight flights of stairs.
- Site carpenter: Install structural fixings.
- Site carpenter: Size timber from sizing tables.
- Site carpenter: Apply site second fix techniques and practices for: 1. service encasement, 2. cladding 3. wall and floor units and fitments, 4. handrails and spindles to straight flights of stairs, 5. internal and external doors, 6. skirting boards and architrave, 7. window boards.
- Site carpenter: Apply site carpenter techniques and practices to construction of rafter roofs, including trussed (prefabricated) and traditional (built on site) including the construction of verge, eaves and fitting loft access.
- Site carpenter: Use and store laser levels for example cross line laser.
- Site carpenter: Form connections, for example, using joints, nails, screws, bolts and adhesive.
- Site carpenter: Apply measuring, marking out, cutting (square and angled), mitring, hinging and recessing techniques.
- Site carpenter: Carrying out splicing and scribing techniques.
- Architectural joiner: Produce setting out details, including setting rods, and mark out for timber products.
- Architectural joiner: Produce basic woodworking joints including dovetail, bridal, mortise and tenon and halving.
- Architectural joiner: Form connections using dowels, biscuit, staples and adhesives.
- Architectural joiner: Apply techniques and practices to the manufacture and assembly of a timber window with casement including glazing rebates and associated ironmongery.
- Architectural joiner: Apply manufacture and assembly techniques for first fix products: 1. straight staircases, 2. door frames and linings.
- Architectural joiner: Apply manufacture and assembly techniques for second fix products: 1. timber doors, 2. wall and floor units, 3. timber mouldings, 4. staircase spindles and balustrades.
- Architectural joiner: Fit ironmongery including door locks, door handles, door hinges, latches and draw runners.
- Architectural joiner: Inspect, prepare and operate fixed machinery.
- Comply with health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Identify and use safety control equipment, for example, RPE, dust suppression, PPE and LEV.
- Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Comply with industry regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Prepare and maintain a safe working area.
- Interpret and use information from drawings and specifications.
- Estimate required materials and produce a cutting list.
- Verbally communicate with others, applying construction terminology.
- Select, use and store hand tools.
- Select, use and store power tools.
- Maintain and sharpen hand tools.
- Produce jigs.
- Identifies well-being support available to self and others.
Training schedule
Level 2 Carpentry and Joinery apprenticeship:
1 day attendance at College on a day release basis in term time.
Theory and practical to be carried out within the classroom and
workshop.
End Point Assessment to be scheduled and taken, comprising three elements; Practical Assessment, On-line Examination and Oral Questioning.
An Assessor will be assigned to the apprentice who will carry out regular site visits for reviews and observations.
The apprentice must achieve English and Maths at Level 1 in Functional Skills and sit the exam at Level 2 if GCSE is not achieved at Grade 4 (C) or above.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Please complete the application form in full, this includes an accurate and detailed list of your qualifications. If you do not live near the employer address, please detail how you plan to travel/commute to the role, considering available transport and journey times. This apprenticeship is only open to candidates Aged 18 and above.
About this employer
SpaceandPeople PLC is a leading destination media and retail solutions company, specialising in end-to-end rock up and pop up kiosk experiences—from design and build to installation and activation. We connect brands with high-footfall locations across the UK, transforming spaces into vibrant, temporary retail and promotional environments.
After this apprenticeship
Potential full time job available at the end of the apprenticeship for the right candidate.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WARWICKSHIRE COLLEGE
SARAH ASHMORE
sashmore@warwickshire.ac.uk
07740419319
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334740.
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Closes in 27 days (Friday 29 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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